Triumphrat

roccopeterbilt

took the bonnie out for a ride today, started to fire on one cylinder, left me stranded on side of road, plus oil leaking out of valve cover on left side for the fourth time. I think all the dealer ever did was replace the gasket each time i took it up. ***?

dazco

Did you check the coil wires? Mine did that the other day. I hit a bump and it started running on one cyl. and i checked to find one of the coil wires sitting on top of the cam cover.

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Mad

Check for a very small piece of crud in the pilot jet. Happened to me and drove me crazy till I finally found it.
Have you had the bowls off lately? If so, maybe you dislodged something?
Mad`

roccopeterbilt

thanks, will do

RedBird

Take off the cam cover and apply a little "Three Bond Liquid Gasket 1104" to the seal and your leak should be history. Also, the proper way to remove the cam cover is to use a rubber mallet to get it loose--no prying under the cam cover--the o-ring type gasket can be damaged easily...the dealer's mechanic used a screw-driver on mine at the 12K valve adjust maintenance and I had a leak on both sides. A little Three Bond and no more leak...even though the gasket was damaged badly on one side. Why would a "mechanic" put it back together with a damaged gasket??? Surely, they would have one in stock in the parts dept.

Larry

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Larry
2003 T-100 (790cc), NARK, NH Togas, 8100 rpm rev limiter, 158 main jets, 42 pilot jets (less than 1 turn out on pilot screws), stock needles--no shims. 13 A/F ratio from 1100 rpm to 4000 rpm; 12 A/F ratio from 4000 rpm to 6000 rpm; 13 A/F from 6000 rpm to 8100 rpm.:D
2007 Tiger 1050--White:D--SW-Motech crashbars, Skidmarx rear hugger/chain guard, Calsci +7 windscreen.

VR6

They put the damaged gasket back on so it would leak on the way home and you'r come back and spend more money with them. I'm going to try and do as much of my own maintenance as possible, I've seen how others work and it frightens me.

VR6 :-D

Normandy

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AMEN

Copper

This is Triumph, of course its not in stock..Its at least three weeks out, and thats after they actually get around to ordering it......

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Copper

I agree, everyone shoyuld try to learn as much as they can about fixing their own bike...Saves money, you don't have to leave it in the shop and be without a ride for weeks, and a lot of mechanics are really not that much better than you are!

I do almost all my own maintenance, learning how to do more all the time. Bikes are a lot easier to work on than cars!

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sweatmachine

my bike leaks there too! Going to fix it myself this week!

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